To be successful one needs to be focused.
To be focused one needs to be disciplined.
To be disciplined one needs to be visionary.
To be visionary one needs to dream.
And to dream one needs to be free.
Jack(ed) Roberts

Cyclone Phailin has hit the Odisha-Andhra coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district of Odisha on Saturday night. At over 200 km per hour Phailin is the worst cyclone in the last 14 years and the area is in complete darkness due to no power supply. The Govt has assured all possible preparations to combat Phailin.People are being evacuated from several areas to safer locations.The Govt seems vigilant and attentive with words of assurance from Home Minister Shinde,Congress President Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh.So far, 7 people have been reported dead in Odisha while 5.7 lakh people have been evacuated.

With the planet turning into a global village – thanks to the internet and growing human population(which is extending the length and breadth of cities),not far are the days when ‘Online Shopping’ would be an absurd term.Yes absurd because by 2030 Shopping would mean ‘Online’ only. Malls may replace to museums to show the future generation what shopping meant few decades back and many be replaced by dwelling towers specially in densely populated Indian sub-continent.
Cash On Delivery schemes have made orthodox Indian buyers bend down to online shopping and that declares the future of shopping would be in the virtual space solely.From electronic gadgets to apparels, to jewelries, to used cars, to online tutorial class services, every product and service has a market online which is increasing with every day passing by.With technology reaching out to the lower earning strata of society in the form of Smart Phone with Internet facility and increasing traffic and jams on roads and decreasing spare time to window-shop physically,browsing online shopping sites would be a part of lifestyle by 2030.The trend is simply in and will make physical shopping a word of history books. By 2030 dictionary meanings of Malls and Departmental Stores may change to a hub of website links of branded products and services. Window Shopping may mean surfing online shopping websites (which is already becoming a trend). The possibilities are quite likely because: